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Mail-In Voting And The Pennsylvania Constitution, Stephen E. Friedman
Mail-In Voting And The Pennsylvania Constitution, Stephen E. Friedman
Duquesne Law Review
Pennsylvania was at the center of many of the disputes that arose after the hotly contested 2020 presidential election. One of the most significant challenges was a claim that Pennsylvania's newly enacted mail-in voting law violated the state's constitution. Plaintiffs in one lawsuit asked that all mail-in ballots be discarded, which would have shifted Pennsylvania's electoral votes to Donald Trump. When this lawsuit failed, challengers unsuccessfully objected to Congress counting Pennsylvania's electoral votes. A core argument both in court and in Congress was that the Pennsylvania Constitution requires in-person voting except where it specifically provides otherwise. The claim is supported …